Thimble.



UNITED STATES PTENT FFTGE.

THIIVIBLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented March 26, 1907.

Application filed January 3, 1907. Serial No. 350,624.

To ctZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, EUGENE BARNETT, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of Atlanta, in the county of Fulton and State of Georgia,have invented a new and Improved Thimble, of which the following is afull, clear, and exact description.

The object of the invention is to provide a new and improved thimble orfinger-shield, more especially designed to facilitate the fastening ofpin-tickets to cloth or other articles of merchandise without danger ofinjury to the fingers of the user.

The invention consists of novel features and parts and combinations ofthe same, which will be more fully described hereinafter and thenpointed out in the claims.

A practical embodiment of the invention is represented in theaccompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in whichsimilar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all theviews.

Figure l is a perspective view of the improvement as applied. Fig. 2 isan enlarged under face view of the thimble, and Fig. 3 is a longitudinalsectional elevation of the same on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2 and showingthe pin-ticket fastened in place' on the cloth by the use of thethimble.

The body A of the thimble is made of a piece of metal or other suitablematerial, and on the sides of the body A are hinged the ends of a bailB, extending across the back of the body A and adapted to be slippedover the back of the forefinger of the users hand, so that the innersurface of the forefinger is seated on the hollowed-out back of the bodyA to securely hold the thimble in place on the users forefinger, asindicated in Fig.1. The outer face of the body A is flat at the middleand slightly out out near the ends in a transverse direction, asindicated at A, and the said outer face of the body A is provided withone or a series of parallel clenchinggrooves A extending in thedirection of the length of the body A and increasing in depth from themiddle to the cut-out portions, so as to give the groove A anapproximately serpentine shape, as Will be readily understood byreference to Fig. 3.

In using the thimble or finger-shield the ticket 0, having the usualU-shaped pin D, is taken hold of by the operator having the thimbleattached to the forefinger of one hand, and the pin terminals arepressed through the cloth E or other article of merchandise, and thenthe operator engages the pinterminals with one of the clenchinggrooves Aand at opposite sides from the middle of the clenching-groove A New byexerting a pressure against the ticket C and pressing the thimble towardthe cloth E the pin-terminals follow the groove A and are thus bent inopposite directions, whereby the pin-terminals are firmly clenched tothe back of the cloth E, and the ticket 0 is thus securely fastened inplace on the cloth E or other article of merchandise, as will be readilyunderstood by reference to Fig.3.

Instead of the bail B a solid handle may be attached to the back of thebody A for using the device with the hand instead of attaching it to theforefinger.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent 1. A thimble or finger-shield having a body forattachment to a finger and having its outer face provided with clenchingmeans for engaging the terminals of a pin on a pin-ticket to clench thesame.

2. A thimble comprising a body for engagement with the pins of apin-ticket, and a bail hinged at its ends on the said body and extendingacross the back of the body.

3. A thimble having a body for attachment to a finger and provided atits outer face with a clenching-groove, the bottom of which is curved inthe direction of the length of the groove.

4.. A thimble having a body for attachment to a finger and provided atits outer face With a clenching-groove, increasing in depth from themiddle toward the ends, the bottom of the groove being curved in thedirection of the length of the groove.

5. A thimble having a body for attachment to a finger and provided atits outer face with a clenching-groove, increasing in depth from thegroove being curved in the direction of the length of the groove in aserpentine line.

the middle toward the ends, the bottom of 6. A thirnble having abody forattachment In testimony whereof I have signed my to a finger andprovided at its outer face with name to this specification in thepresence of Jo ah01Q1lOgH1ggI'OOV(61 iricreasiing i111l dgpth fron; tWosubscribing Witnesses. t e mi e tower t e en s, t e ottom 0 thegroove'being curved in the direction of EUGENE BARNETT the length of thegroove in a serpentine line Witnesses: and extending from one end of thebody to R. P. SHAPARD, the other end thereof. JAMEs T. WRIGHT

